Software analysis device, software analysis method, and recording medium

ABSTRACT

A software analysis device which efficiently analyzes a computer environment in which software is capable of running are provided. The software analysis device sets at least two configurations to a virtual machine, executes processing at a timing on individual configuration, determines whether or not results of the processing satisfy a predetermined criterion, and determines that the software is executed when the results satisfies the predetermined condition.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a software analysis device and the likecapable of efficiently analyzing a situation in which software can run.

BACKGROUND ART

A static analysis program analyzes a source program without executing anobject program relating computer software (hereinafter referred to as“software”) and thus analyzes a fault or the like in the software. Thestatic analysis program provides support information for developing asoftware by pointing out a part (flow) determined as a fault in a sourceprogram.

For example, PTL 1 discloses an analysis device that outputs a warningmessage, based on a result of analyzing a source program by using astatic analysis program. The analysis device generates a file includinga result of analyzing a source program relating to each of a pluralityof versions, and generates a difference between the files. Next, theanalysis device outputs a warning message associated with the generateddifference.

On the other hand, when a source program of a software is not disclosed,reverse engineering has been known as a technique for analyzing thesoftware. In the reverse engineering, disassembling an object program ofsoftware clarifies a function of the software. In addition, a measureagainst malware indicating software that executes an illegal action canbe realized by reverse engineering on the malware.

For example, PTL 2 discloses a technology for extracting malware fromsoftware containing the malware. In addition, PTLs 3 and 4 disclose atechnology for analyzing software by analyzing the software in a virtualmachine.

PTL 2 discloses an extraction device that extracts malware fromsoftware, based on a change in a region of a memory accessed by aprocess executed by the software.

PTL 3 discloses a verification service providing system for verifyingsoftware by using a program and a verification tool for analyzingsoftware. The providing system introduces an analysis tool for analyzinga program into a virtual machine and analyzes software in the virtualmachine by using the introduced analysis tool.

PTL 4 discloses a software analysis device that determines, based onsession information or the like output in a virtual machine where amalware candidate sample runs, whether or not the sample is malware.When the software analysis device determines that the sample is malware,the software analysis device outputs a signature identifying themalware.

The extraction device disclosed in the above-described PTL 2 extracts acandidate of an original code included in software by executing thesoftware. The extraction device checks a range of memory addressaccessed by the extracted candidate of an original code, and determineswhether or not the candidate of an original code is an actual originalcode, based on whether or not a change rate of the above-describedaddress range satisfies a predetermined condition.

CITATION LIST Patent Literature

PTL 1: Published Unexamined Patent Application No. 2014-126866

PTL 2: Patent Publication No. 5389734

PTL 3: Patent Publication No. 5540160

PTL 4: Published Unexamined Patent Application No. 2014-519113

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

For example, the analysis device disclosed in PTL 1 analyzes a sourceprogram of software and can verify whether or not the software runs in acertain machine environment. The machine environment indicates a modethat combines components of hardware, software installed in a machine,and the like.

However, even when software is analyzed by using any of theabove-described devices, processing of verifying an action of thesoftware requires a high degree of throughput (computational amount).For example, since an analysis of a source program is realized by ananalysis of individual statement, the analysis work requires a highdegree of throughput. Further, when reverse engineering is performed onan object program, a great amount of labor (work, throughput) isrequired to analyze a result obtained by disassembling.

Thus, one of main objects of the present invention is to provide asoftware analysis device and the like capable of efficiently analyzing amachine environment in which software can run.

Solution to Problem

In order to achieve the above-described object, as an aspect of thepresent invention, software analysis device including:

configuration setting means for setting, in accordance with settinginformation indicating that one mode is set to a configuration of avirtual machine, the configuration of the virtual machine including atleast a storage unit where a file required to execute target software isstored in a predetermined storage region;

starting means for starting the set virtual machine;

determination means for executing, based on determination information,an execution-processing to be executed at a timing, determining whetheror not an executed result satisfies a determination-criterion,determining that the target software is executed in the virtual machinewhen the determination-criterion is satisfied, and determining that thetarget software is not executed in the virtual machine when thedetermination-criterion is not satisfied, the determination informationwhere execution-processing outside the virtual machine in processing ofdetermining whether or not the target software is executed, the timingof the execution-processing, and the determination-criterion indicatinga condition of the determination are associated with each other; and

control means for controlling the configuration setting means to set,among set of setting information where modes on which configurations maytake is arranged in order of successive change, a certain mode to thesetting information, controlling the configuration setting means to set,based on the set of setting information, a next mode of the certain modeto the setting information, and outputting, when a determination resultfrom the determination means relating to the certain mode and adetermination result from the determination means relating to the nextmode are different with each other, the certain mode or the next mode.

In addition, as another aspect of the present invention, softwareanalysis method including:

setting, in accordance with setting information indicating that one modeis set to a configuration of a virtual machine, the configuration of thevirtual machine including at least a storage unit where a file requiredto execute target software is stored in a predetermined storage region;

starting the set virtual machine;

executing, based on determination information, an execution-processingto be executed at a timing, determining whether or not an executedresult satisfies a determination-criterion, determining that the targetsoftware is executed in the virtual machine when thedetermination-criterion is satisfied, and determining that the targetsoftware is not executed in the virtual machine when thedetermination-criterion is not satisfied, the determination informationwhere execution-processing outside the virtual machine in processing ofdetermining whether or not the target software is executed, the timingof the execution-processing, and the determination-criterion indicatinga condition of the determination are associated with each other; and

controlling to set, among set of setting information where modes onwhich configurations may take is arranged in order of successive change,a certain mode to the setting information, controlling to set, based onthe set of setting information, a next mode of the certain mode to thesetting information, and outputting, when a determination resultrelating to the certain mode and a determination result relating to thenext mode are different with each other, the certain mode or the nextmode.

In addition, as another aspect of the present invention, a softwareanalysis program, that realize a computer, including:

a configuration setting function for setting, in accordance with settinginformation indicating that one mode is set to a configuration of avirtual machine, the configuration of the virtual machine including atleast a storage unit where a file required to execute target software isstored in a predetermined storage region;

a starting function for starting the set virtual machine;

a determination function for executing, based on determinationinformation, an execution-processing to be executed at a timing,determining whether or not an executed result satisfies adetermination-criterion, determining that the target software isexecuted in the virtual machine when the determination-criterion issatisfied, and determining that the target software is not executed inthe virtual machine when the determination-criterion is not satisfied,the determination information where execution-processing outside thevirtual machine in processing of determining whether or not the targetsoftware is executed, the timing of the execution-processing, and thedetermination-criterion indicating a condition of the determination areassociated with each other; and

a control function for controlling the configuration setting function toset, among set of setting information where modes on whichconfigurations may take is arranged in order of successive change, acertain mode to the setting information, controlling the configurationsetting function to set, based on the set of setting information, a nextmode of the certain mode to the setting information, and outputting,when a determination result from the determination function relating tothe certain mode and a determination result from the determinationfunction relating to the next mode are different with each other, thecertain mode or the next mode.

Furthermore, the object is also realized by a computer-readablerecording medium, which records the software analysis program.

Advantageous Effects of the Invention

A software analysis device and the like according to the presentinvention can efficiently analyze a machine environment in whichsoftware can run.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a softwaredetermination device according to a first example embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing in the softwaredetermination device according to the first example embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating one example of aconfiguration of setting information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating one example of aconfiguration of software information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating one example of aconfiguration of determination information.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the softwaredetermination device according to a second example embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow in the softwaredetermination device according to the second example embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically illustrating one example of aconfiguration of set of setting information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating one example of settinginformation displayed on a display unit.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a softwareanalysis device according to a third example embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow in the softwareanalysis device according to the third example embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram schematically illustrating one example of aconfiguration of a software information set.

FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically illustrating one example of aconfiguration of a determination information set.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating one example of a user interfaceaccording to the third example embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a softwareanalysis device according to a fourth example embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow in a configurationsetting unit, a starting unit, and a determination unit in the softwareanalysis device according to the fourth example embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow of a control unitin the software analysis device according to the fourth exampleembodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram schematically illustrating one example of a set ofsetting information.

FIG. 19 is a diagram schematically illustrating one example of a set ofsetting information.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a softwareanalysis device according to a fifth example embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow in the softwareanalysis device according to the fifth example embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a hardwareconfiguration of a calculation processing device capable of realizingthe software determination device and the like according to each exampleembodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS

Next, example embodiments of the present invention will be described indetail with reference to drawings.

First Example Embodiment

A configuration of a software determination device according to a firstexample embodiment of the present invention and processing in thesoftware determination device will be described in detail with referenceto FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configurationof a software determination device 101 according to the first exampleembodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustratinga flow of processing in the software determination device 101 accordingto the first example embodiment.

The software determination device 101 according to the first exampleembodiment includes a configuration setting unit (configuration setter)102, a software setting unit (software setter) 103, a starting unit(starter) 104, and a determination unit (determiner) 105.

The software determination device 101 is communicably connected to avirtual machine 106. The virtual machine 106 includes a storage unit 107capable of storing information in a non-transitory manner. Data aboutprocessing executed in the virtual machine 106 is stored in a mainmemory (hereinafter referred to as a “memory”) 108. The data aboutprocessing is, for example, processing data (information) as a target ofprocessing by software, an execution program indicating the software,and the like.

The configuration setting unit 102 sets the virtual machine 106 based onsetting information as exemplified in FIG. 3 in response to three piecesof information, that is the setting information as exemplified in FIG.3, software information as exemplified in FIG. 4, and determinationinformation as exemplified in FIG. 5 (step S101). In other words, theconfiguration setting unit 102 sets the virtual machine 106 based on theprovided information (for example, setting information) in response tothe setting information, the software information, and the determinationinformation. FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating one exampleof a configuration of the setting information. FIG. 4 is a diagramschematically illustrating one example of a configuration of thesoftware information. FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating oneexample of a configuration of the determination information. The settinginformation, the software information, and the determination informationwill be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 and, then, processingillustrated in FIG. 2 will be described in detail.

The setting information will be described with reference to FIG. 3. Thesetting information is information where a name (an identifier) of acomponent included in the virtual machine 106 and a setting value forthe component are associated with each other. In other words, thesetting information indicates base information for setting one mode of aconfiguration of the virtual machine. With reference to the exampleillustrated in FIG. 3, the setting information includes, for example,information where a name “the number of processors” and a setting value“4” are associate with each other. This indicates information forsetting a number of processors in the virtual machine 106 to four.Further, the setting information includes information where a name“display resolution (vertical)” and a setting value “480” are associatedwith each other. This indicates that a vertical resolution in a displayin the virtual machine 106 is set to 480. However, IP indicates theInternet Protocol. OS indicates an operating system.

Next, the software information will be described with reference to FIG.4. The software information is information where files relating tosoftware to be a determination target (hereinafter referred to as“target software”) and a setting procedure of setting the files in thestorage unit 107 are associated with each other. In the softwareinformation, the file may be associated with a name (an identifier) ofthe target software in addition to the setting procedure. With referenceto the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the software information includesthree items as follows. In other words,

Name “A”,

Files “AAA.exe, BBB.dll, CCC.dll”, and

Setting procedure ““AAA.exe” is stored as “AAA.exe” in “¥111¥222¥333”.BBB.dll is stored in “¥111””.

Herein, “¥” corresponds (is equivalent) to a so-called backslash on theEnglish keyboard. “¥” indicates a symbol for denoting a directory(folder) indicating a place in which a file or the like is stored.

The software information exemplified in FIG. 4 indicates that software“A” (target software in this example) includes a file “AAA.exe”, a file“BBB.dll”, and a file “CCC.dll”. The file may be, for example, aninput-output file to which the software “A” refers instead of a fileincluded in the software A. Further, the setting procedure indicatesthat “AAA.exe” is stored as the name “AAA.exe” in “¥111¥222¥333” and“BBB.dll” is further stored in “¥111” in the storage unit 107, and thusthe virtual machine 106 executing the software “A” can be set.

Next, the determination information will be described with reference toFIG. 5. The determination information is information whereexecution-processing to be executed in the virtual machine 106, timingof the execution-processing, and a determination-criterion fordetermining whether or not target software is executed based on a resultof the execution-processing are associated with each other. In thedetermination information, a software's name may be further associatedwith the execution-processing, the timing, and thedetermination-criterion. The determination-criterion in thedetermination information indicates a reference condition fordetermining whether or not target software is executed in the virtualmachine 106.

For example, in a case of the example illustrated in FIG. 5, thedetermination information indicates determination information for thesoftware A. In this case, processing of determining whether or not thesoftware A is executed in the virtual machine 106 can be achieved by,for example, executing Item 1 and Item 2 indicated as follows in order.In other words,

(Item 1) Measure response time to the virtual machine 106 at ten minuteslater after the virtual machine 106 has started (a column“execution-processing” and a column “timing of execution-processing” inFIG. 5), and

(Item 2) Determine that the software A is executed when the measuredresponse time is three seconds or longer. Determine that the software Ais not executed when the measured response time is less than threeseconds (a column “determination-criterion” in FIG. 5).

In each of the example embodiments of the present invention, it isassumed that execution-processing included in the determinationinformation is processing executed to be targeted for the virtualmachine 106. In other words, it is assumed that the execution-processingis not processing executed in the virtual machine 106 and is processingof monitoring the virtual machine 106 from the outside. For example, theexecution-processing is processing of measuring response time of thevirtual machine 106, dumping a memory 108, reading a transmitted andreceived content of communication relating to the virtual machine 106,or the like.

With reference to the examples illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 5, the softwaredetermination device 101 according to the present example embodimentwill be described in detail. When the configuration setting unit 102receives the setting information exemplified in FIG. 3, theconfiguration setting unit 102 sets, for example, the number ofprocessors to four in accordance with the received setting informationin step S101 in order to set a configuration of the virtual machine 106.

Next, the software setting unit 103 sets, based on a procedure includedin the software information exemplified in FIG. 4, files associated withthe procedure in the storage unit 107 being one of the components of thevirtual machine 106 (step S102). The virtual machine 106 reads the fileset by the software setting unit 103 from the storage unit 107 andexecutes the read files. As a result, the virtual machine 106 can startthe target software.

Next, the starting unit 104 starts the virtual machine 106 (step S103).The starting unit 104 may further start the target software set in thesoftware setting unit 103. When the software information is informationabout malware, the starting unit 104 may be set not to start the targetsoftware. In this case, the target software starts in response tostartup of the virtual machine 106.

Next, the determination unit 105 executes, at timing included in thedetermination information, execution-processing associated with thetiming based on the determination information exemplified in FIG. 5(step S104). For example, the execution-processing is processing ofmeasuring response time of the virtual machine 106, processing ofdumping the memory 108, processing of reading a transmitted and receivedcontent of communication for the virtual machine 106, or the like. Forexample, when the software “A” has a function of communicating with theoutside, the execution-processing is processing of measuring responsetime of the software A which responds to a signal that has beentransmitted to the software A.

Next, the determination unit 105 determines whether or not the targetsoftware is executed in the virtual machine 106 based on a result of theexecution-processing and a determination-criterion associated with theexecution-processing (step S105). When the determination unit 105determines that the result of the execution-processing satisfies thedetermination-criterion (YES in step S105), the determination unit 105determines that the target software is executed (step S106). When thedetermination unit 105 determines that the result of theexecution-processing does not satisfy the determination-criterion (NO instep S105), the determination unit 105 determines that the targetsoftware is not executed (step S107).

In a case of the determination information exemplified in FIG. 5, thedetermination unit 105 measures response time of the virtual machine 106at ten minutes later after the virtual machine 106 has started in stepS103. Next, the determination unit 105 determine whether or not thetarget software is executed in the virtual machine 106 based ondetermining whether or not the measured response time is three secondsor longer.

When the determination information includes a plurality ofexecution-processing (timing, determination-criterion) for one targetsoftware, the determination unit 105 executes the processing indicatedin steps S104 to S107 for individual execution-processing.

Next, advantageous effects of the software determination device 101according to the first example embodiment will be described.

The software determination device 101 can easily verify an action oftarget software. The reason is that the software determination device101 starts the virtual machine 106 set based on setting informationwithout analyzing a source program, and determines whether or not thetarget software is executed based on a result of execution-processingafter the startup or the like.

As described in “Background Art”, processing of analyzing a sourceprogram requires many processing. In contrast, a determinationprocessing of determining whether or not target software is executedbased on an execution result or the like is processing executed bydetermining whether or not a certain determination-criterion issatisfied, and thus the processing does not require many processing.Therefore, the software determination device 101 according to thepresent example embodiment can easily verify an action of targetsoftware.

Since the software determination device 101 performsexecution-processing from the outside of the virtual machine 106,analysis software for analyzing whether or not target software isexecuted is not set in the virtual machine 106. For example, when theanalysis software affects processing for target software to be adetermination target, the target software to be the determination targetcannot be correctly determined. Therefore, the software determinationdevice 101 according to the present example embodiment can morecorrectly verify an action of the target software even when the actionof the target software varies depending on the presence or absence ofthe analysis software in the virtual machine 106.

It is assumed for convenience of description that the software settingunit 103 sets the storage unit 107 in the virtual machine 106 based onthe software information as exemplified in FIG. 4 in the above-describeddescription. However, when software in the software informationexemplified in FIG. 4 has been previously set in the storage unit 107,the software setting unit 103 may not need to store the software of thesoftware information in the storage unit 107. In this case, the softwaredetermination device 101 according to the present example embodimentincludes the configuration setting unit 102, the starting unit 104, andthe determination unit 105. When the configuration setting unit 102 setsthe virtual machine 106 based on the setting information (exemplified inFIG. 3), the starting unit 104 starts the virtual machine 106 includingthe storage unit 107 in which software is set as a component. Thedetermination unit 105 determines whether or not target software isexecuted in the virtual machine 106 by executing the processingindicated in steps S104 to S107 in FIG. 2.

Second Example Embodiment

Next, a second example embodiment of the present invention based on theabove-described first example embodiment will be described.

In the following description, while a characteristic part according tothe present example embodiment will be mainly described, the sameconfiguration as that of the above-described first example embodiment isdenoted by the same reference number, in such a way that redundantdescription will be omitted.

With reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, a configuration of a softwaredetermination device 201 according to the second example embodiment andprocessing in the software determination device 201 will be described.FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the softwaredetermination device 201 according to the second example embodiment ofthe present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processingflow in the software determination device 201 according to the secondexample embodiment.

The software determination device 201 according to the second exampleembodiment includes a configuration setting unit (configuration setter)102, a software setting unit (software setter) 103, a starting unit(starter) 104, a determination unit (determiner) 105, an informationtransmitting unit (information transmitter) 202, and a display unit 203.The software determination device 201 may further include a settinginformation storage unit 204.

In the following description, the information transmitting unit may bereferred to as an “information providing unit (information provider)”for convenience of description.

The software determination device 201 is communicably connected to avirtual machine 106.

First, the information transmitting unit 202 receives softwareinformation as exemplified in FIG. 4 and determination information asexemplified in FIG. 5. Next, the information transmitting unit 202generates setting information based on a set of setting information(exemplified in FIG. 8) including a plurality of types of settinginformation (step S201). FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically illustratingone example of a configuration of the set of setting information. Theset of setting information is stored in the setting information storageunit 204.

The set of setting information exemplified in FIG. 8 includesinformation where a component's name included in the virtual machine106, a kind of a component value, an initial value and a maximum valueof the component value, a possible component value, a stride (“step” inFIG. 8) of the component value, and a row number when a component valueis set to the setting information exemplified in FIG. 3. Note that theset of setting information may include an item other than theabove-described items. Further, the set of setting information may notnecessarily include all the above-described items.

For example, a first row of the set of setting information exemplifiedin FIG. 8 indicates a series of values that can be set for an item “thenumber of processors” being one of components of the virtual machine106. In this case, the information transmitting unit 202 reads the setof setting information from the setting information storage unit 204,and generates set of setting information in the first row (setting rownumber) in the setting information (exemplified in FIG. 3) for everyprocessor (step) from one (initial value) to eight (maximum value) forthe item “the number of processors”. In other words, in this case, theinformation transmitting unit 202 generates eight types of settinginformation.

A sixth row of the set of setting information exemplified in FIG. 8indicates a series of values that can be set for an item “processor'sname” being one of components of the virtual machine 106. In this case,the information transmitting unit 202 reads the set of settinginformation from the setting information storage unit 204, and generatestwo types of setting information by respectively setting “AAA” and “BBB”read for the item “processor's name” in a second row (setting rownumber) in the setting information (exemplified in FIG. 3).

When the setting information is generated for the above-described twoitems, the information transmitting unit 202 generates 16 (=8×2) typesof setting information where any two items are combined. In other words,the information transmitting unit 202 generates the setting informationby combining components included in the set of setting information.

Next, the information transmitting unit 202 transmits the receiveddetermination information (exemplified in FIG. 5), the received softwareinformation (exemplified in FIG. 4), and one piece of settinginformation of the generated setting information to the configurationsetting unit 102. In other words, the information transmitting unit 202(information providing unit) provides the received determinationinformation, the received software information, and one piece of settinginformation of the generated setting information to the configurationsetting unit 102.

Hereinafter, the configuration setting unit 102, the software settingunit 103, the starting unit 104, and the determination unit 105 executethe same processing as the processing indicated in steps S101 to S105 inFIG. 2 (step S202).

Next, the information transmitting unit 202 receives a determinationresult from the determination unit 105, and generates result informationwhere the received determination result and the setting informationtransmitted to the configuration setting unit 102 are associated witheach other (step S203).

The information transmitting unit 202 executes processing from stepsS201 to S203 for the generated setting information (repeated processingfrom steps S201 to S204), respectively.

Next, the display unit 203 specifies setting information associated witha determination result satisfying a determination-criterion from thegenerated result information. The display unit 203 displays thespecified setting information. For example, as exemplified in FIG. 9,the display unit 203 may display setting information collectivelyincluding specified setting information. FIG. 9 is a diagramschematically illustrating one example of setting information displayedon the display unit 203.

The setting information exemplified in FIG. 9 includes two ways of OS_Aand OS_B in a section of an operating system (OS). Further, the settinginformation includes three ways of 2, 3, and 4 in a section of thenumber of processors. This indicates that setting information satisfyinga determination-criterion among the setting information has 6 (=2×3)ways of combination of the OS and the number of processors.

The display unit 203 collectively displays the setting informationsatisfying the determination-criterion, but the display unit 203 mayindividually display the setting information satisfying thedetermination-criterion in accordance with a determination made by thedetermination unit 105.

Next, advantageous effects of the software determination device 201according to the second example embodiment will be described.

The software determination device 201 according to the present exampleembodiment can easily verify an action of target software. Furthermore,the software determination device 201 according to the present exampleembodiment can easily specify setting information to activate targetsoftware among a plurality of pieces of setting information included ina set of setting information.

This reason is Reason 1 and Reason 2. In other words,

(Reason 1) The software determination device 201 according to the secondexample embodiment includes the same configuration as that of thesoftware determination device 101 according to the first exampleembodiment.

(Reason 2) When the determination unit 105 determines that adetermination-criterion holds for each piece of setting informationincluded in the set of setting information (exemplified in FIG. 8), thedisplay unit 203 outputs the setting information. When thedetermination-criterion holds true, target software runs in the virtualmachine 106 set based on the setting information. As a result, thedisplay unit 203 outputs the setting information to activate the targetsoftware.

Third Example Embodiment

Next, a third example embodiment of the present invention based on theabove-described second example embodiment will be described.

In the following description, while a characteristic part according tothe present example embodiment will be mainly described, the sameconfiguration as that of the above-described second example embodimentis denoted by the same reference number, in such a way that redundantdescription will be omitted.

With reference to FIGS. 10 and 11, a configuration of a softwareanalysis device 301 according to the third example embodiment andprocessing performed by the software analysis device 301 will bedescribed. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration ofthe software analysis device 301 according to the third exampleembodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustratinga processing flow in the software analysis device 301 according to thethird example embodiment. Since the software analysis device 301 is alsoa device capable of analyzing malware, hereinafter the software analysisdevice 301 may be referred to as a malware analysis device.

The software analysis device 301 according to the third exampleembodiment includes a determination information setting unit(determination information setter) 302, a software information settingunit (software information setter) 303, and a software determinationdevice 201. The software analysis device 301 may further include adetermination information storage unit 304, a software informationstorage unit 305, and a storage unit 107.

The software information storage unit 305 stores a software informationset including a plurality of types of software information asexemplified in FIG. 12. FIG. 12 is a diagram schematically illustratingone example of a configuration of the software information set.

In the example illustrated in FIG. 12, for example, the softwareinformation may associate a software's name “F”, a file “FFFF.exe”, anda file processing procedure “FFFF.exe is stored in “¥12345”” with eachother. This indicates that a virtual machine 106 capable of executingthe software “F” by storing “FFFF.exe” in a storage region “¥12345” canbe set. The software may be, for example, malware.

The determination information storage unit 304 stores a determinationinformation set including a plurality of types of determinationinformation as exemplified in FIG. 13. FIG. 13 is a diagramschematically illustrating one example of a configuration of thedetermination information set.

In the determination information set exemplified in FIG. 13, forexample, a software's name “F”, “dump memory”, “virtual machine startscommunication”, and “is character string “CRYPT ENGINE” present inmemory?” are associated with each other. This indicates that when thevirtual machine starts communication, a memory dump is generated, anddetermination is made whether or not the software F is executed based onwhether or not the character string “CRYPT ENGINE” is present in thegenerated memory dump (namely, memory). “CRYPT ENGINE” indicates, forexample, an encoding function (program, engine).

First, the software information setting unit 303 receives a targetsoftware's name or the like via, for example, a user interface(man-machine interface, graphical user interface) as exemplified in FIG.14. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating one example of a user interfaceaccording to the third example embodiment.

For example, a user enters a target software's name in an entry of asoftware's name in a user interface as exemplified in FIG. 14, and thenchecks a left check box in an “execute” entry and presses a “browse”button. In this way, the software's name and a command for executing thetarget software are transmitted to the software information setting unit303.

Next, the software information setting unit 303 selects softwareinformation including the received software's name from the softwareinformation set by referring to the software information storage unit305 (step S301). The software information setting unit 303 thentransmits (provides) the selected software information to the softwaredetermination device 201.

The determination information setting unit 302 selects determinationinformation including the name received by the software informationsetting unit 303 from the determination information set by referring tothe determination information storage unit 304 (step S302). Thedetermination information setting unit 302 then transmits the selecteddetermination information to the software determination device 201.

Next, the software determination device 201 executes the processing fromsteps S201 to S204 illustrated in FIG. 7 in response to reception of thedetermination information and the software information (step S303). Thesoftware determination device 201 may display a determination result(step S304).

Next, advantageous effects of the software analysis device 301 accordingto the third example embodiment will be described.

The software analysis device 301 according to the present exampleembodiment can specify setting information to activate software such asmalware that executes a different action depending on settinginformation, for example. As a result, the software analysis device 301according to the present example embodiment can provide information fortaking a measure against software such as malware, for example.

Fourth Example Embodiment

Next, a fourth example embodiment of the present invention based on theabove-described first example embodiment will be described. A softwareanalysis device according to the present example embodiment can analyzetarget software to be an analysis target based on, for example, a set ofsetting information (FIG. 18 or 19) similar to the set of settinginformation as exemplified in FIG. 8.

A configuration of a software analysis device 501 according to thefourth example embodiment of the present invention will be describedwith reference to FIG. 15. FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating theconfiguration of the software analysis device 501 according to thefourth example embodiment of the present invention.

The software analysis device 501 according to the fourth exampleembodiment includes a configuration setting unit (configuration setter)502, a starting unit (starter) 503, a determination unit (determiner)504, and a control unit (controller) 505.

The software analysis device 501 is communicably connected to a virtualmachine 506. The virtual machine 506 includes a storage unit 507 capableof storing information in a non-transitory manner. Data about processingexecuted in the virtual machine 506 is stored in a memory 508. The dataabout the processing is, for example, processing data (information) tobe a target for processing by software, an execution program indicatingthe software, and the like.

The configuration setting unit 502 can be achieved by using, forexample, a function similar to the function of the configuration settingunit 102 or the like illustrated in FIG. 1. The starting unit 503 can beachieved by using, for example, a function similar to the function ofthe starting unit 104 or the like illustrated in FIG. 1. Thedetermination unit 504 can be achieved by using, for example, a functionsimilar to the function of the starting unit 104 or the like illustratedin FIG. 1. More specific processing in the software analysis device 501according to the fourth example embodiment will be described later withreference to FIGS. 16 and 17.

The control unit 505 generates setting information in accordance with aset of setting information as exemplified in FIGS. 18 and 19 (or FIG.8). FIGS. 18 and 19 are diagrams each schematically illustrating oneexample of a set of setting information.

In the set of setting information, a component's name is associated witha mode (value) that can be set as a configuration. In the presentexample embodiment, it is assumed that values of the “component's mode”in the set of setting information are arranged in order in which a modeon which a component may take successively changes or in order in whichcomponents are successively arranged in accordance with a certainnumerical sequence or the like.

For example, in the set of setting information exemplified in FIG. 18, acomponent's name “clock frequency” is associated with a component's mode“5, 10, 15, 20, . . . ”. This indicates that the control unit 505successively sets, as a mode, a value of the clock frequency thatincreases to 5 gigahertz (GHz), 10 (GHz), 15 (GHz), and the like in thesetting information (exemplified in FIG. 3) defining a configuration ofthe virtual machine 506.

For convenience of description, the set of setting informationexemplified in FIG. 18 includes only the clock frequency, but the set ofsetting information may include information about a plurality ofcomponents (exemplified in FIGS. 19 and 8). In this case, the controlunit 505 generates setting information by fixing a value relating to acomponent different from a focused component and also successivelysetting a value relating to the focused component in accordance with theset of setting information. For example, when a focused component is aclock frequency, the control unit 505 successively sets only the clockfrequency in accordance with the set of setting information, andgenerates setting information without changing a value of a componentsuch as the number of processors, an OS, and memory's volume (storagecapacity).

A value (mode) set in the column “component's mode” in FIG. 18 will bedescribed. When a component's name is a “processor's name” (FIG. 18),clock frequencies are arranged in order of magnitude of the clockfrequency in the column “component's mode”. When a component's name is a“processor's name”, for example, processor's names are arranged inaccordance with an inclusion relation of a command set for the processorin the column “component's mode”. Further, when a component's name is an“OS”, for example, OS's names are arranged in accordance with anumerical sequence of a version or the like provided to the OS in thecolumn “component's mode”. The set of setting information is not limitedto the above-described examples.

The set of setting information exemplified in FIG. 19 includes acomponent's name “clock frequency”, a component's name “memory'svolume”, and a component's name “processor's name”. In this case, thesoftware analysis device executes processing described later withreference to FIG. 21 or the like, for example, relating to a name ofeach piece of component information in the set of setting information.

In the following description, it is assumed for convenience ofdescription that software is previously set in the storage unit 507based on software information as exemplified in FIG. 4. In other words,it is assumed that a file relating to software is previously set in thestorage unit 507 in accordance with a “file setting order” associatedwith the file. Further, only the “clock frequency” is described in theset of setting information exemplified in FIG. 18, but it is assumedthat the control unit 505 also sets a value (mode) relating to acomponent (for example, memory's volume) different from the clockfrequency.

Next, processing in the software analysis device 501 according to thefourth example embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 16and 17. FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow in theconfiguration setting unit 502, the starting unit 503, and thedetermination unit 504 in the software analysis device 501 according tothe fourth example embodiment. FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating aprocessing flow of the control unit 505 in the software analysis device501 according to the fourth example embodiment.

First, the control unit 505 reads a component's name and a first value(mode) in modes relating to the component from a set of settinginformation as exemplified in FIG. 18. The control unit 505 generatessetting information in which the value read as a mode of the componentis set (step S601).

When the configuration setting unit 502 receives setting information asexemplified in FIG. 3, the configuration setting unit 502 sets aconfiguration of the virtual machine 506 based on the receivedinformation (step S501). As mentioned above, the setting information isinformation indicating one mode relating to a configuration of thevirtual machine 506. In other words, the configuration setting unit 502sets the virtual machine 506 that is a mode in accordance with thesetting information and includes the storage unit 507 storing targetsoftware as a component.

The starting unit 503 starts the virtual machine 506 set by theconfiguration setting unit 502 (step S502).

The determination unit 504 executes, at timing included in thedetermination information, execution-processing associated with thetiming based on the determination information exemplified in FIG. 5(step S503).

Next, while referring to a result of the execution-processing, thedetermination unit 504 determines whether or not the target software isexecuted in the virtual machine 506 based on a determination-criterionassociated with the execution-processing (step S504). When thedetermination unit 504 determines that a result of theexecution-processing satisfies the determination-criterion (YES in stepS504), the determination unit 504 determines that the target software isexecuted (step S505). When the determination unit 105 determines that aresult of the execution-processing does not satisfy thedetermination-criterion (NO in step S504), the determination unit 105determines that the target software is not executed (step S506).

The control unit 505 stores a determination result for the targetsoftware by the determination unit 504 in the storage unit (notillustrated) (step S602). Next, the control unit 505 reads a component'sname and a second value (mode) in the modes relating to the componentfrom the set of setting information as exemplified in FIG. 18. Thecontrol unit 505 generates setting information in which the value readas a mode of the component is stored (step S603).

The configuration setting unit 502, the starting unit 503, and thedetermination unit 504 execute processing similar to the processingillustrated in FIG. 16 based on the setting information generated by thecontrol unit 505.

The control unit 505 stores a determination result for the targetsoftware by the determination unit 504 in the storage unit (notillustrated) (step S604). The control unit 505 determines whether or notthe determination result stored in step S602 is coincident with thedetermination result stored in step S604 (step S605). In other words,the control unit 505 determines whether or not the determination resultcalculated for the first value in the column “component's mode” in theset of setting information is coincident with the determination resultcalculated for the second value.

When the two determination results are coincident with each other (YESin step S605), the control unit 505 reads a component's name and a thirdvalue (mode) in the modes relating to the component from the set ofsetting information as exemplified in FIG. 18. The control unit 505generates setting information in which the value read as a mode of thecomponent is set (step S603). The configuration setting unit 502, thestarting unit 503, and the determination unit 504 execute processingsimilar to the processing illustrated in FIG. 16 based on the settinginformation generated by the control unit 505. Next, the control unit505 determines whether or not the determination result calculated forthe second value in the column “component's mode” in the set of settinginformation is coincident with the determination result calculated forthe third value (step S605).

Hereinafter, the control unit 505 determines whether or not adetermination result calculated for an I^(th) (however, I indicates anatural number less than or equal to (the number of modes−1) illustratedin FIG. 18) value is coincident with a determination result calculatedfor a (I+1)^(th) value by executing the same processing (step S605).

On the other hand, in a case where the two determination results are notcoincident with each other (NO in step S605), the control unit 505terminates the processing.

In other words, the control unit 505 calculates modes having differentdetermination results of two consecutive modes in the set of settinginformation by the processing indicated in steps S603 to S605. In thecase of NO in step S605, the control unit 505 may output any mode usedas a base for the determination result compared in step S605.

In FIG. 17, the processing of determining whether or not determinationresults are coincident with each other may be determination processing(Determination 1 or Determination 2 below) executed by the control unit505 for two consecutive modes in a set of setting information.

(Determination 1) Target software does not run in the virtual machine506 having a component in accordance with setting information previouslygenerated, and runs in the virtual machine 506 having a component inaccordance with setting information subsequently generated.

(Determination 2) Target software runs in the virtual machine 506 havinga component in accordance with setting information previously generated,and does not run in the virtual machine 506 having a component inaccordance with setting information subsequently generated.

Next, advantageous effects of the software analysis device 501 accordingto the fourth example embodiment will be described.

The software analysis device 501 according to the fourth exampleembodiment can easily verify whether or not target software runs in acertain machine environment. The reason is that the software analysisdevice 501 according to the fourth example embodiment includes aconfiguration similar to that of the software determination device 101according to the first example embodiment.

Furthermore, the software analysis device 501 according to the fourthexample embodiment can efficiently analyze (specify) a machineenvironment to activate target software. In other words, the softwareanalysis device 501 according to the fourth example embodiment canefficiently estimate a boundary between a mode (machine environment) toactivate target software and a mode (machine environment) not toactivate the target software run among a plurality of modes included ina set of setting information. Details of this reason will be describedbelow.

It is assumed that target software runs when memory's volume (storagecapacity) is greater than or equal to a certain volume, and the targetsoftware does not run when the memory's volume is less than the certainvolume. It is further assumed that a numerical sequence in whichcomponent's modes relating to memory's volume are arranged in ascendingorder of the volume in accordance with a numerical sequence indicatingthe memory's volume is previously set in a set of setting information.

In this case, the software analysis device 501 determines whether or notthe target software is executed in the virtual machine 506 in ascendingorder of volume of a memory thereof in accordance with processing asillustrated in FIGS. 16 and 17. The software analysis device 501 outputsmodes having different determination results of two modes adjacent toeach other by the processing. Target software changes whether to runwith “a certain volume” for memory's volume as a threshold value, insuch a way that the software analysis device 501 can estimate theboundary based on each value set in a “component's mode” in the set ofsetting information exemplified in FIG. 18.

In the “component's mode” in the set of setting information, a modepredicted that target software will not be executed in the virtualmachine 506 may be previously arranged first in such a way as to beprocessed first while a mode predicted that target software will beexecuted may be previously arranged subsequently in such a way as to beprocessed subsequently. By generating the set of setting information insuch a manner, the control unit 505 can, for example, find a mode inwhich the target software is executed from a determination result in thedetermination unit 504 and thus execute processing similar to theprocessing illustrated in FIG. 17. In this case, the control unit 505does not need to execute the processing of storing the determinationresult as indicated in step S602 or S604.

Furthermore, description is given to advantageous effects achieved when,in the set of setting information, a mode predicted that target softwarewill not be executed is arranged first in such a way as to be processedfirst while a mode predicted that target software will be executed isarranged subsequently in such a way as to be processed subsequently.Malicious target software such as malware is often made to run invarious machine environments. When target software is made to run invarious machine environments, a machine environment in which the targetsoftware runs has more varieties than a machine environment in which thetarget software does not run. In this case, an effect capable ofreducing the number of times for repeating the processing in steps S603to S605 (FIG. 17) is achieved by arranging each mode as described abovein the set of setting information. In other words, the software analysisdevice 501 according to the present example embodiment achieves anadvantageous effect capable of analyzing a machine environment in whichtarget software runs easily and in a short period of time. Thearrangement achieving this effect is, for example, arrangement indicatedby Arrangement 1 to Arrangement 6 as follows.

(Arrangement 1) The number of processors is arranged in ascending order,

(Arrangement 2) memory's volume is arranged in ascending order,

(Arrangement 3) display resolution (vertical) is arranged in ascendingorder,

(Arrangement 4) display resolution (horizontal) is arranged in ascendingorder,

(Arrangement 5) a processor's name is arranged such that the number ofcommand sets relating to the processor is arranged in ascending order,and

(Arrangement 6) an OS is arranged such that a version provided to the OSis arranged in chronological order.

(Arrangement 7) Clock frequency is arranged in ascending order.

The software analysis device 501 may determine whether or not targetsoftware is executed in each of a first mode and a last mode among modesstored in the “component's mode” section in the set of settinginformation. In this case, when target software relating to the lastmode is not executed and target software relating to the first mode isexecuted, the software analysis device 501 executes processing ofreversing the front and back of the arrangement in the “component'smode” section and then executes the processing illustrated in FIGS. 16and 17. Even when it cannot be predicted whether or not target softwareruns in the virtual machine 506, the software analysis device 501achieves advantageous effect capable of verifying a machine environmentin which the target software runs easily and in a short period of time.

Fifth Example Embodiment

Next, a fifth example embodiment of the present invention based on theabove-described fourth example embodiment will be described.

A configuration of a software analysis device 601 according to the fifthexample embodiment of the present invention will be described withreference to FIG. 20. FIG. 20 is a block diagram illustrating theconfiguration of the software analysis device 601 according to the fifthexample embodiment of the present invention.

The software analysis device 601 according to the fifth exampleembodiment includes a configuration setting unit (configuration setter)502, a starting unit (starter) 503, a determination unit (determiner)504, a control unit (controller) 505, and a software setting unit(software setter) 606.

The software analysis device 601 is communicably connected to a virtualmachine 506. The virtual machine 506 includes a storage unit 507 capableof storing information in a non-transitory manner. Data about processingexecuted in the virtual machine 506 is stored in a memory 508. The dataabout the processing is, for example, processing data (information) tobe a target for processing by software (target software), an executionprogram indicating the software, and the like.

The software setting unit 606 can be achieved by using, for example, theconfiguration setting unit 102 illustrated in FIG. 1.

Next, processing in the software analysis device 601 according to thefifth example embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 21.FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow in the softwareanalysis device 601 according to the fifth example embodiment.

The control unit 505 generates setting information by executingprocessing indicated in step S501 in FIG. 17. When the configurationsetting unit 502 receives setting information as exemplified in FIG. 3,the configuration setting unit 502 sets a component included in thevirtual machine 506 based on the received setting information (stepS501).

Next, the software setting unit 606 sets, in accordance with a procedureincluded in the software information exemplified in FIG. 4, a fileassociated with the procedure in the storage unit 507 being one of thecomponents of the virtual machine 506 (step S701). As a result, thevirtual machine 506 reads the file set in the software setting unit 606from the storage unit 507 and executes the read file. The virtualmachine 506 can start the target software after the above-describedprocessing.

Next, the starting unit 503 starts the virtual machine 506 (step S502).Hereinafter, the software analysis device 601 executes the processingindicated in steps S503 to S506 and the processing indicated in stepsS603 to S605 (FIG. 17).

When software information includes a plurality of software's names, thesoftware analysis device 601 executes the processing illustrated inFIGS. 17 and 21 for individual software in the software information(namely, each target software).

Next, advantageous effects of the software analysis device 601 accordingto the fifth example embodiment will be described.

The software analysis device 601 according to the fifth exampleembodiment can efficiently analyze (specify) a machine environment toactivate target software. The reason is that the software analysisdevice 601 according to the fifth example embodiment has a configurationsimilar to that of the software analysis device 501 according to thefourth example embodiment.

Furthermore, the software analysis device 601 according to the fifthexample embodiment achieves advantageous effect similar to theabove-described effect of each target software even in the presence of aplurality of target software. In other words, the software analysisdevice 601 can estimate a boundary between a mode to activate targetsoftware and a mode not to activate the target software among aplurality of modes included in a set of setting information for eachtarget software. The reason is that the software setting unit 606 sets,in accordance with a file setting procedure associated with the targetsoftware, a file relating to the target software in the storage unit 507by referring to software information (exemplified in FIG. 4).

(Hardware Configuration Example)

A configuration example of hardware resources that realize a softwaredetermination device, a software analysis device, and a malwarediagnosis device according to each example embodiment of the presentinvention will be described. However, the software determination device,the software analysis device, and the malware diagnosis device may berealized using physically or functionally at least two calculationprocessing devices. Further, the software analysis device or the codingdevice may be realized as a dedicated apparatus.

FIG. 22 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a hardwareconfiguration of a calculation processing device capable of realizingthe software determination device, the software analysis device, and themalware diagnosis device according to the each example embodiments ofthe present invention. A calculation processing device 20 includes acentral processing unit (CPU) 21, a memory 22, a disk 23, anon-transitory recording medium 24, a communication interface(hereinafter, expressed as. “communication I/F”) 27 and a display 28.The calculation processing device 20 may connect an input device 25 andan output device 26. The calculation processing device 20 can executetransmission/reception of information to/from another calculationprocessing device and a communication apparatus via the communicationI/F 27.

The non-transitory recording medium 24 is, for example, acomputer-readable Compact Disc, Digital Versatile Disc. Thenon-transitory recording medium 24 may be Universal Serial Bus (USB)memory, Solid State Drive or the like. The non-transitory recordingmedium 24 allows a related program to be holdable and portable withoutpower supply. The non-transitory recording medium 24 is not limited tothe above-described media. Further, a related program can be carried viaa communication network by way of the communication I/F 27 instead ofthe non-transitory recording medium 24.

In other words, the CPU 21 copies, on the memory 22, a software program(a computer program: hereinafter, referred to simply as a “program”)stored by the disk 23 when executing the program and executes arithmeticprocessing. The CPU 21 reads data necessary for program execution fromthe memory 22. When display is needed, the CPU 21 displays an outputresult on the display 28. When a program is input from the outside, theCPU 21 reads the program from the input device 25.

The CPU 21 interprets and executes a software determination program(FIG. 2, or FIG. 7), a software analysis program (FIG. 11, FIG. 16, FIG.17, or FIG. 21) present on the memory 22 corresponding to a function(processing) indicated by each unit illustrated in FIG. 1, FIG. 6, FIG.10, FIG. 15 or FIG. 20 described above. The CPU 21 sequentially executesthe processing described in each example embodiment of the presentinvention.

In other words, in such a case, it is conceivable that the presentinvention can also be made using the software determination program, thesoftware analysis program or the malware diagnosis program. Further, itis conceivable that the present invention can also be made using acomputer-readable, non-transitory recording medium storing the softwaredetermination program, the software analysis program or the malwarediagnosis program.

The present invention has been described using the above-describedexample embodiments as example cases. However, the present invention isnot limited to the above-described example embodiments. In other words,the present invention is applicable with various aspects that can beunderstood by those skilled in the art without departing from the scopeof the present invention.

This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority fromJapanese patent application No. 2015-233604, filed on Nov. 30, 2015, thedisclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety.

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-   101 software determination device-   102 configuration setting unit-   103 software setting unit-   104 starting unit-   105 determination unit-   106 virtual machine-   107 storage unit-   108 memory-   201 software determination device-   202 information transmitting unit-   203 display unit-   204 setting information storage unit-   301 software analysis device-   302 determination information setting unit-   303 software information setting unit-   304 determination information storage unit-   305 software information storage unit-   20 calculation processing device-   21 CPU-   22 memory-   23 disk-   24 non-transitory recording medium-   25 input device-   26 output device-   27 communication interface-   28 display-   501 software analysis device-   502 configuration setting unit-   503 starting unit-   504 determination unit-   505 control unit-   506 virtual machine-   507 storage unit-   508 memory-   601 software analysis device-   606 software setting unit

What is claimed is:
 1. A software analysis device comprising: aconfiguration setter configured to set, in accordance with settinginformation indicating that one mode is set to a configuration of avirtual machine, the configuration of the virtual machine including atleast a storage unit where a file required to execute target software isstored in a predetermined storage region; a starter configured to startthe set virtual machine; a determiner configured to execute, based ondetermination information, an execution-processing to be executed at atiming, determine whether or not an executed result satisfies adetermination-criterion, determine that the target software is executedin the virtual machine when the determination-criterion is satisfied,and determine that the target software is not executed in the virtualmachine when the determination-criterion is not satisfied, thedetermination information where execution-processing outside the virtualmachine in processing of determining whether or not the target softwareis executed, the timing of the execution-processing, and thedetermination-criterion indicating a condition of the determination areassociated with each other; and a controller configured to control theconfiguration setter to set, among set of setting information wheremodes on which configurations may take is arranged in order ofsuccessive change, a certain mode to the setting information, controlthe configuration setter to set, based on the set of settinginformation, a next mode of the certain mode to the setting information,and output, when a determination result from the determiner relating tothe certain mode and a determination result from the determiner relatingto the next mode are different with each other, the certain mode or thenext mode.
 2. The software analysis device according to claim 1 furthercomprising: a software setter configure to set, in accordance with aprocedure included in software information where at least one or morefiles required to execute target software and the procedure of settingthe file into the virtual machine are associated with each other, thefile into the storage unit, wherein the configuration setter sets thevirtual machine having the configuration including the storage set bythe software setter.
 3. The software analysis device according to claim1, wherein the controller outputs, when the determination resultindicates that the target software is not executed for the certain modeand the determination result indicates that the target software isexecuted for a next mode after the certain mode, the next mode after thecertain mode.
 4. The software determination device according to claim 1,wherein, when a plurality of pieces of the determination informationthat differ in the execution-processing are provided for the targetsoftware, the determiner determines each piece of determinationinformation included in a plurality of pieces of the determinationinformation.
 5. The software analysis device according to claim 1further comprising: a setting information storage configure to store theset of setting information.
 6. The software analysis device according toclaim 5, wherein the set of setting information includes, as the mode,information in which a value indicating a capacity of a memory includedin the virtual machine is arranged in ascending order.
 7. The softwareanalysis device according to claim 5, wherein the set of settinginformation includes, as the mode, information in which a name of aprocessor is arranged in ascending order of a number of executablecommands by the processor included in the virtual machine.
 8. Thesoftware analysis device according to claim 5, wherein the set ofsetting information includes, as the mode, information in which a numberof processors included in the virtual machine is arranged in ascendingorder.
 9. A software analysis method comprising: setting, in accordancewith setting information indicating that one mode is set to aconfiguration of a virtual machine, the configuration of the virtualmachine including at least a storage unit where a file required toexecute target software is stored in a predetermined storage region;starting the set virtual machine; executing, based on determinationinformation, an execution-processing to be executed at a timing,determining whether or not an executed result satisfies adetermination-criterion, determining that the target software isexecuted in the virtual machine when the determination-criterion issatisfied, and determining that the target software is not executed inthe virtual machine when the determination-criterion is not satisfied,the determination information where execution-processing outside thevirtual machine in processing of determining whether or not the targetsoftware is executed, the timing of the execution-processing, and thedetermination-criterion indicating a condition of the determination areassociated with each other; and controlling to set, among set of settinginformation where modes on which configurations may take is arranged inorder of successive change, a certain mode to the setting information,controlling to set, based on the set of setting information, a next modeof the certain mode to the setting information, and outputting, when adetermination result relating to the certain mode and a determinationresult relating to the next mode are different with each other, thecertain mode or the next mode.
 10. A recording medium storing a softwareanalysis program recorded therein, the program making a computerachieve: a configuration setting function configured to set, inaccordance with setting information indicating that one mode is set to aconfiguration of a virtual machine, the configuration of the virtualmachine including at least a storage unit where a file required toexecute target software is stored in a predetermined storage region; astarting function configured to start the set virtual machine; adetermination function configured to execute, based on determinationinformation, an execution-processing to be executed at a timing,determine whether or not an executed result satisfies adetermination-criterion, determine that the target software is executedin the virtual machine when the determination-criterion is satisfied,and determine that the target software is not executed in the virtualmachine when the determination-criterion is not satisfied, thedetermination information where execution-processing outside the virtualmachine in processing of determining whether or not the target softwareis executed, the timing of the execution-processing, and thedetermination-criterion indicating a condition of the determination areassociated with each other; and a control function configured to controlthe configuration setting function to set, among set of settinginformation where modes on which configurations may take is arranged inorder of successive change, a certain mode to the setting information,control the configuration setting function to set, based on the set ofsetting information, a next mode of the certain mode to the settinginformation, and output, when a determination result from thedetermination function relating to the certain mode and a determinationresult from the determination function relating to the next mode aredifferent with each other, the certain mode or the next mode.